iea-retired 25 th anniversary – 2015 1990 – 2015 1983 nea ra established an ad hoc committee to...
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IEA-Retired25th
Anniversary
IEA-Retired 25th Anniversary – 2015
1990 – 2015 1983 NEA RA established an ad hoc committee
to study the inclusion of retired members1985 NEA by-laws amended to integrate retired
members & require unified membership1986 IEA Organization and Membership
Development Committee charged to establish guidelines for a retired program, continuing their work for the next 2 years
1990 RA NBI to create IEA-Retired and to begin actively organizing IEA-Retired members beginning with those who retire in 1990
1989 IEA RA NBI authorized the forming of a committee for developing an IEA Retired Program
1989 IEA RA NBI authorized a Retired Membership Committee
Retired Membership Committee members were:Dennis Koutouzos, Chair
Carol Bland, StaffAnne Davis
Virginia Gosse, retireeKeith Hauge, Retiree
Molly Phalen
This group recommended the following NBI in 1990, which passed.
1990 Retired implementers developed a set of goals for the IEA-Retired Program
IEA-Retired ImplementersFelicia CichyShirley EvansSamuel FranklinIvo GriefJay HammerKeith HaugeMary Lou HaugeJohn Von KerensMargaret LeydaDon MetzgerNancy MillerTom PratherMarilyn RichPhyllis RouschVince Wilhelmi
The Informer was first published in 1991 and won NEA-Retired Outstanding Newsletter Award 2000, 2002, and 2003 and then was voted into the Hall of Fame.
Informer EditorsCarol BlandKeith HaugeDave Bishop
1991 IEA RA by-law defining retired dues options
1992 IEA RA by-law establishing pre-retired enrollment option
1993 IEA RA by-law authorizing retired chapters
First chapter – South Suburban
Second Chapter – Region 9
Third Chapter – North Lakes
1994 IEA-Retired Task Force appointed, whose work resulted in many by-law changes at the 1995 and 1996 IEA RAs
1994 IEA-Retired Task ForceMary Lou Hauge – retiredBarb Gilhaus – retiredRay PriceJack StoneRob JohanDottie BeelerLinda DavisClay Marquardt – staffCarol Bland – staffBetty Thielemann – staff First Council of Retirees - 1994
1994 RA by-law that authorized the formation of an elected Council of Retirees with the Chairperson of the Council becoming a voting member of the IEA Board of Directors
COUNCIL of RETIREES OFFICERS1994 Chair: Mary Lou HaugeVice Chair: Fred WagnerSecretary/Treasurer: Barb Gihaus1995 Chair: Mary Lou HaugeVice Chair: Fred WagnerSecretary/Treasurer: Barb Gihaus1996 Chair: Mary Lou HaugeVice Chair: Fred WagnerSecretary/Treasurer: Barb Gihaus1997 Chair: Fred WagnerVice Chair: Keith HaugeSecretary/Treasurer: Barb Gihaus
Mary Lou Hauge
1998 Chair: Fred WagnerVice Chair: Keith HaugeSecretary/Treasurer: Barb Gihaus1999 Chair: Fred WagnerVice Chair: Keith HaugeSecretary/Treasurer: Barb Gihaus2000 Chair: Fred WagnerVice Chair: Keith HaugeSecretary/Treasurer: Barb Gihaus2001 Chair: Fred WagnerVice Chair: Keith HaugeSecretary/Treasurer: Jack Tucker2002 Chair: Fred WagnerVice Chair: Keith HaugeSecretary/Treasurer: Jack Tucker2003 Chair: Fred WagnerVice Chair: Keith HaugeSecretary/Treasurer: Jack Tucker
Fred Wagner
2004 Chair: Fred WagnerVice Chair: Keith HaugeSecretary/Treasurer: Jack Tucker2005 Chair: Fred WagnerVice Chair: Keith HaugeSecretary/Treasurer: Jack Tucker2006 Chair: Jack TuckerVice Chair: JoAnn KennerSecretary/Treasurer: Mae Smith2007 Chair: Jack TuckerVice Chair: JoAnn KennerSecretary/Treasurer: Mae Smith2008 Chair: Jack TuckerVice Chair: JoAnn KennerSecretary/Treasurer: Barb Gilhaus2009 Chair: Jack TuckerVice Chair: JoAnn KennerSecretary/Treasurer: Barb Gilhaus
Jack Tucker
2010 Chair: Jack TuckerVice Chair: JoAnn KennerSecretary/Treasurer: Barb Gilhaus2011 Chair: Jack TuckerVice Chair: JoAnn KennerSecretary/Treasurer: Barb Gilhaus2012 Chair: Jack TuckerVice Chair: JoAnn KennerSecretary/Treasurer: Barb Gilhaus2013 Chair: Janet KilgusVice Chair: Jim DuffySecretary/Treasurer: Barb Gilhaus2014 Chair: Janet KilgusVice Chair: Jim DuffySecretary/Treasurer: Barb Gilhaus2015 Chair: Janet KilgusVice Chair: Jim DuffySecretary-Treasurer: Dave Bishop
Janet Kilgus
1994 Mary Lou and Keith Hauge Award established
MARY LOU & KEITH HAUGE AWARD WINNERS1995 Mary Lou Hauge1996 Gene Craig 2006 Janet Kilgus1997 Keith Hauge 2007 Mae Smith1998 Barb Gilhaus 2008 Dave Bishop1999 Marietta McManus 2009 No Award Given2000 Fred Wagner 2010 JoAnn Kenner2001 Don Metzger (posthumously) 2011 Dottie Beeler2002 Sue Rudy 2012 Linda Walcher2003 Marcia Ford 2013 Elaine Ferguson2004 Jan May 2014 Stewart
Adams2005 Jack Tucker 2015 Jim Duffy
Keith Hauge carried on after the death of Mary Lou.
• 1989 Retired Membership Committee• IEA-Retired Implementer • Organizer of the South Suburban Retired Chapter• Council of Retirees member 1994-2006• Council of Retirees Vice Chair 1997-2006• Editor of the Informer for over a decade• Retired Conference Program Chair 2000• And so much more!
May 1995
1998 1st IEA-Retired Conference was held
IEA-RETIRED CONFERENCE CHAIRS
1998 – 1999 IEA-Retired Council2000 IEA-Retired Council —Keith Hauge, Program Chair2001 IEA-Retired Council —Barb Gilhaus & Jan May, Program Co-Chairs2002 Pearl Mack2003 Gene Craig2004 – 2007 Mae Smith2008 – 2009 C. E. Welch2010 – 2011 Lana Haines2012 – 2013 Minnie Glover2014 Lou Ann Jacobs2015 Lou Ann Jacobs (spring conference)2015 Levita Anderson (fall joint conference)
1999 Mentor Program was created
Mentor Program Coordinators
1999-2004 Marietta McManus2004-2009 Janet Kilgus2009-2014 Linda Walcher2014-2015 Linda Walcher and Gayla Dial2015 - Gayla Dial
Marietta Janet
Linda
Gayla
1999 IEA RA bylaw establishing unified NEA-Retired and IEA-Retired dues
2000 1st retired scholarship was awarded
2002 Gene Craig was the 1st IEA-Retired member elected to the NEA-Retired Advisory Council
2006 Gene Craig was elected Secretary of the NEA-Retired Advisory Council and served 2 three-year terms
2005 the Living Library was established
IEA-Retired Living Library Coordinator2005- present Janet Kilgus
Check us out at:www.livinglibrary.us
Getting involved politically and in the community became very important to our retired members.
2009 Mae Smith was elected to the NEA-Retired Executive Council
2011 IEA RA by-law adding a retired ethnic minority delegate to the IEA RA
2012 – Pearl Mack2013 – Dottie Beeler2014 – JoAnn Kenner2015 – JoAnn Kenner
Pearl
Dottie
JoAnn
IEA-Retired Staff Liaisons Carol Bland Stacy Burroughs Kim Riley
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2013 RA passed budget funding full-time retired para-professional staff position.
Kim Riley filled this position during the pilot of this program and continues today in this position.
Carol Bland
2014 IEA-Retired was asked to showcase our program at the NEA-Retired Organizing Conference in Houston.
Thank you, Barb Gilhaus!• 1994 IEA-Retired Task
Force• Council of Retirees 1994-2001, 2003-2014• Council Secretary-
Treasurer 1994-2000, 2008-2014
• Organized Region 9 Retired Chapter
• Local and Region Treasurer Support Team
• And so much more!
2014 IEA-Retired reached original goal of a retired chapter out of every IEA region office.
We now have 27 chapters – 25 in Illinois, 1 in Florida and 1 in Arizona. Several more chapters are in the formation stages.
2014 RA bylaw requiring retired chapter membership along with IEA/NEA-Retired membership to be elected to the Council of Retirees, Chair and Vice Chair, and RA delegates.
2014-2015Council ofRetirees
For more information go to:www.ieanea.org/members/retired
Or contact:Janet Kilgus, IEA-Retired Chair
Or
Kim Riley, IEA-Retired [email protected]